Fence-wire coiler



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- No. 554,749. Patented Peb. 18,1896.

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y FENCE WIEE ooILEE. No. 554,749. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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IINTTEn STATES PATENT CEETCE.

VILLIAM U. VADSVORTH AND EDSON SCHUYLER W'ADSIVORTH, OF SUTTER, CALIFORNIA.

FENCE-WIRE COILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,749, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed June 3, 1895. Serial No. 551,542. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM U. WALS- wonTH and EDsoN SCHUYLER WADswoRTH, citizens of the United States, residing at Sutter, Sutter county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Fence -Vire Coilers;v and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of' the same.

Our invention relates to the general class of winding mechanisms, and especially to a device or machine the object of which is to wind up or coil barbed and other fence wires upon the occasion of removing the fence, or when it is otherwise necessary to dispose of or to store the wires of the fence.

Our invention consists in a wheeled frame carrying a shaft which is driven by power derived from the running mechanism of the frame, a reel mounted loosely upon said shaft, and a slip connection between the reel and the shaft whereby the constant speed of the shaft is converted into a variable revolution of the reel, according to the gradually-increas ing diameter thereof, as the wire is wound upon it, whereby the wire is kept taut throughout the whole course, while the travel of the wheeled frame remains constant.

It also consists, in connection with said reel and driving mechanism, of a traveling guide for laying up the wire evenly upon the reel, and a means by which the guide is operated, and it finally consists in details of construction, arrangement and combination, which we shall hereinafter fully describe.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and practical machine or device for rapidly and effectively coiling or winding up fence-wires.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of our invention, Figure l is a plan of our machine. Fig. 2 is a section on line o; 5c of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section showing the slip connection of t-he reel. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the reel.

A represents a frame, such, for example, as the body of a wagon. B are the wheels upon which it is mounted.

C is a shaft mounted upon the frame and adapted to be rotated by power derived from the running-gear of said frame-as, for example, by the endless chain a driven by a chain-wheel b on one of the wheels of the running-gear, said chain passing over a chainpinion c on the end of the shaft C. On the other end of this shaft C is mounted freely and loosely the reel D of the ordinary kind upon which barbed wire is wound.

Upon the shaft C is mounted flxedlyawheel E, the periphery of which is tted with a frictional strap or band F, preferably of steel. This strap is adapted to be fitted to the periphery of the wheel, with varying degrees of tightness, by means of any suitable device connecting its ends, and we have here shown one of the ends as being formed with a lug f, through which the other end is fitted and receives a nut f', by the tightening up of which the strap maybe tightened on the wheel to a greater or less extent. Secured to this strap or band is a hook G, which engages with one of the arms of the reel end.

The wire is secured to the reel, and as the wheeled frame travels over the ground the shaft C rotates, and.throughv the hook connection G the reel is driven. It is obvious, however, that if the connection between the reel and the shaft C were a solid or rigid one the operation of winding up the wire would be attended with the difficulty that as the diameter of the reel increased the wire would be tightened up. To avoid this the connection between the reel and the shaft is an adjustable or slip one, and the revolution of the reel is proportioned to the strain of the wire, independent of the gradually-increasing diameter as the wire winds on it. This is effected by the frictional connection between the reel and the wheel, for as the strain increases, due to the increasing diameter of the winding, the reel will slip by reason of the frictional slippin g of the strap or band on the wheel. By tightening up this band the degree of tightness with which the wire is wound on the reel may be regulated. In front of the reel is the guide or distributer H. This consists of a suitable spool mounted and adapted to rotate upon the end of a sliding rod I, which is secured at the point vl to a lever .I pivoted at j and having an extended end j.

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K is a counter-shaft having upon one end a gear lt' which meshes with a pinion c on the shaft C. On the other end of the countershaft is a pinion 7c' which meshes with a gear l on the vertical shaft L. This gear Z has a crank-pin Z from which a connecting-rod M extends to the lever J and is connected therewith. Now by the revolution of the shaft C the lever J is vibrated and effects a reciprocation of the slide-bar I, so that the guide H travels back and forth in front of the face of the reel, thereby guiding the wire andlaying it up straight.

\Vhen the wagon reaches the end of the line and has to come back again, it is turned around, and in order to adapt the parts to the return journey we reverse them as follows:

The shaft C and the parts which it directly carries and controls are all carried by a bar N which is removably connected with the frame A. The connection at i with the sliderod I being broken by removing the bolt at that point, the bar N is turned bodily end for end, and the endless driving-chain a is now fitted upon the chain-gear b of the other wheel iB of the frame A. The slide-rod I is fitted in from the other side, and is connected with the other or projecting end j of lever J, so that it is still on the front of the reel, notwithstanding the reversed position of the latter.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame, a shaft mounted thereon, power-transmitting connections from the running-gear of the wheeled frame to the shaft, whereby the latter is driven, a winding-reel loosely mounted upon the shaft, a wheel fixed upon the shaft proximate to the reel, and a strap or band surrounding the wheel and having an extension in the path of rotation of the reel, said strap or band forming a slip connection between the reel and shaft whereby the former may accommodate itself to the strain of the winding wire.

2. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame, a shaft mounted thereon, power-transmitting connections from the ru nning-gear of the Wheeled frame to the shaft, whereby the latter is driven, a winding-reel loosely mounted upon said shaft, and a slip connection between said reel and the shaft, whereby the former may accommodate itself to the strain of the winding wire, consisting of a frictional strap or band affecting the shaft, and connected with the reel.

3. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame, a shaft mounted thereon, power-transmitting connections from the running-gear of the wheeled frame to the shaft,

whereby the latter is driven, awinding-reel loosely mounted upon said shaft, and a slip connection between said reel and the shaft, whereby the former may accommodate itself to the strain of the winding wire, consisting of a wheel fixedly mounted on the shaft, and a band or strap frictionally mounted on the wheel, and having a connection with the reel.

4. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame, a shaft mounted thereon, power-transmittin g connections from the running-gear of the wheeled frame to the shaft, whereby the latter is driven, a winding-reel loosely mounted upon said shaft, and a slip connection between said reel and the shaft, whereby the former may accommodate itself to the strain of the winding wire, consisting of a wheel iixedly mounted on the shaft, and a band or strap ixedly mounted on the wheel and having a connection with the reel, said band or strap having one of the ends adjustably fitted to the other whereby it may be tightened thereon.

5. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame, a shaft mounted thereon, a removable and reversible support for the shaft, power-transmitting mechanism whereby the shaft is driven from the running-gear of the frame, a winding-reel operated by the shaft, a removable and reversible reciprocating guide or distributer operating in front of the reel for laying up the wire straight thereon, and the means for operating said distributer or guide consisting of a transversely-reciprocating slide-bar, a pivoted lever connected therewith and extending at right angles thereto, said lever bein g pivoted between its ends, a crank-disk and connecting-rod to said lever, and gearing between the crank-disk and the shaft of the frame whereby the disk is driven.

G. A fence wire coiler, consisting of a wheeled frame having a removable reversible bar thereon, a shaft mounted upon said bar and driven from the runninggear of the wheeled frame, a win din g-reel operated by the shaft, a distributer or guide for the wire, a transverse slide-rod carrying said distributer or guide, a lever pivoted between its ends to the removable bar of the frame and connected removably with the slide-rod, and means whereby the shaft driven by the wheeled frame is adapted to reciprocate thelever, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

WILLIAM U. WADSWORTII. EDSON SCHUYLER WADSWORTIL Vitnesses:

S. H. Nounsn, Jnssm C. BRODIE.

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